Transporting device for unassorted cigars which are not yet packed



Dec. 4,1923. 1,476,009

. D. SUSS ET AL TRANSPORTING DEVICE FOR UNASSORTED CIGARS WHI C H ARE NOT YET PACKED 1 File July 26. 1922 I w Patented Dec. 4,. 1923.

UNITED sr res PATENT rries.

DAVID st'rss, or MANNHEIM, AND nnrnnrcn Jocnnaor LAMPER HEIMQ NEAR MANNHEIM, ennmany. r I

TRANSPORTING DEVI-GE r03 UnAssonr-ED cleans wares-ARE nor YET PACKED. V v

1 Application filetl m 26, 1e22. .lsr a1 No; 577, 79,

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID v Siiss, manu V facturer, and HEINRICH Joanna.

work

master, citizens of the German Empire, re-

siding, respectively, at Mannheim, Germany,

and Lampertheim, near Mannheim, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transporting Devices for Unassorted Cigars Which Are Not Yet Packed, of which 10 the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for transporting unassorted and unpacked cigars and cigarillos from the place where they have been manufactured to'the place where they are to be assorted and packed. Hitherto for this transport and 'assorting of the finished goods arrangements of various 7 type have been proposed which possess however all the grave inconvenience that't-he cigars had to be packed in boxes to be brought to the placeof assortment and packing, that they had to be repacked several times wherefrom resulted on the one hand much loss of time and high expenses for wages and-on the other hand the possibility that the goods could bedamaged and were damaged frequently. 7 NVith the devicesof known construction it was further rather troublesome to ascertain the number of cigars'which had been manufactured and the control whether the corresponding number of cigars were really delivered at ithe place of assortment and'packing was difiicult or even impossible. 1

It is finally important that the goods packed in one box are of the same shape and colour and further, that the workman can easily examine the cigars with regard to colour, shape and'size and that a control is ossible so that the workmen are educated or careful work.

' All these advantages are realized and all,

the above mentioned inconveniences are avoided by this invention which will be hereinafter described by way of example with reference to the accompanying, drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows an improved sorting frame.

packing and asin a ox ready for transport.

Fi 2 shows several such frames inserted form of construction of the transporting and assorting box. a r o Fig. 4 is a cross section of Fig. 3, constructionaldetails having been omitted.

' Fig. 13 shows in perspective view a second 'F Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 3 the'lid having been removed. 1 igs. 6 and 7 show constructional details. The transporting and a'ssorting frame shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprisestwo'longitudinal parts a, a and two end parts 6,7 which are all rigidly connected with, one another. These parts a, I) are not high. Each framehas a bottom 0 with shallow corrugations 2.

Inside the frame guided by means of flat irons 3 with hooks shaped ends, or by other means,-uponthe' parts a of the frame parallel to the side parts 5. A ruler 4: serves to measure the length of the cigars and to regulate the distance between the movable bars d of which any required number can be used;

The depth of a framev from the bottom of a corrugation 2 to the upper edge of the frame corresponds with the thickness of the cigar at its thickest point. If a second frame is .placed upon the first frame all cigars placed upon theQcorrugated bottom cof the first frame are securely held between a, b movablebars dare the bottomplate ofthelower frameand the bottom plate of-the. upper frame, so that during the transport the cigars cannot .get out of their positions if the frame is shaken.

The corrugations 2 ensure that in eachframe only. .so many cigars canbe stored as there are corrugations. The movable cross bars 0? separate inside the frame the different parallel rows of cigars. If thereforethe number 'of corrugations are known or marked upononeof the end parts bv.

figures and if said number is multiplied the number of parallel rows the resultwi-ll be the'number of cigars storedin the-frame. One glance is sufficient to ascertain whether the frame is completelyfilled, the number of corrugations and parallehrows, whether the cigars are of the correct length and whether they are all of the same colour.

The frames are superposed in a box e as shown in Fig. 2. In multiplying the pearance of the goods.

number of frameswith thenumber of cigars 1n each frame the total number of cigars stored in one box 1s found.

The cigar maker deposits the cigars which he has made in the frame and hands the filled frames tothe foreman who caneasily ascertain the number of cigars and the ap- The frames are insertedein a boxqe'which is locked and sent to the place where the final assortingand the packing are done; At this place the foreman to whom the box is delivered can see at once how many cigars he has received and of which quality they are. The empty frames are returned tothe factory to be used again. ;Figs. 3 to 6'showa very important improvement. The frames are not inserted in a box but the box is formed by the frames themselves. With this object in view each frame has a. groove P at its upper edge and a tongue 5 at its lower edge so that the superposed frames are securely connected the one with the other. Fig. 4 shows a top frame and a bottom frame between which any number ofinte'rmediate frames can be inserted. The top frame is closed by a strong lid 7 and the bottom frame is closed by a strong bottom plate g, In each frame a corrugated supporting plate 0 is arranged, as described, the cigars it being securely held between these corrugated plates. The intermediate frames together with the top and bottom; frames are rigidly connected by means of hoop irons and secured against theft with the aid of a padlockor thelike. The groove P and tongue 5 are either arranged so that the groove is open towards the outside,-as shown inFigi, or a tongue 6 arranged so that it downwardly pro jects from the middle of the lower surface of the frame parts a andb as shown in Fig. 7.

In order to facilitate the displacement and the locking of the separating bars (Z an adjusting rail 7 having a large number of teeth 8 is fixed upon theinner surfaces of the frame parts a. Theseparating bars dembr'ace with their hook-shaped ends 9'th'e adjusting rails 7 and aslide movably arranged upon each separating bar 0? engages its projections 10 into the teeth 8 if the slide is is displaced in the direction of the arrow.

Claims: 1. Transporting device for unassorted cigars and cigarillos whicha-re still to be packed consistin of a convenientv number of transporting frames-which possess only little depth and which have each a'corru gated bottom, separating rails V movably guided in said transporting frames, a transporting box in which the frames are placed stored between the superposed frames are held in position by the corresponding cor-. rugated bottoms. v

2. Transporting device for unassorted cigars and cigarillos comprising in combina tion a required number of transporting frames consisting of end parts and side parts of little height connectedby groove and tongue and placed, the one upon the other to form atransportable box, corrugated bottom plates one ineach framezthe superposed 7 frames securely holding the cigars between them, movable separating -.bars, toothed rails fixed to the frame parts and slides movably mountedupon the. separating bars for mounting and fixing these bars in transporting frames, a lid in the top frame, a bottom plate in the bottom frame and hoop irons for securely uniting the transporting frames to one closed receptacle. 3- 'an pe ti e. e s for xana o ed cigarsgand cigarillos consistingofa plural? 4t. Transporting device for unassofrted cigars and cigarillos comprising in combination, low transporting frames, bottoms with shallow corrugations in each transporting ityof low transporting frames, a corrugated frame sothat the superposed frames securely i hold between the bottom plates, the cigars placed into the corrugations, means for se-, curely holding together the individual'tr ans porting frames and for closing the same towards the outside, separating.barsgin the in; dividual transporting frames, and meansfor guiding and locking the separating-bars'in the individual frames. Y

5. Transporting device for -H MSSOIted cigars and cigarillos consisting ofindivids ual frames of such thickness and having I" groovesand tongues so that the superposedframes form together a transportable box, corrugated bottom plates in saidfframe so that the cigars in .the frames areessentially secured. between the bottom. plates of two superposed framesv against accidentalldis placement, and means for securely umting the. frames and;for locking the sameagainfit' separation, i I i In testimony whereof we aflix ourfsigna= tures in presence of two witnesses..;

DAVID stiss- Witnesses:

BASIL E. S'AvARn, T. :ANDERSONLV HEINRIOHJOCHER- 

